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ROBERT MARKS



PROFESSOR EMERITUS

FORMER HEAD, ECONOMICS CLUSTER, AGSM

(ex Australian Graduate School of Management)


School of Economics,
UNSW SYDNEY, NSW 2052
Australia


Phone: +61 (0)2 9931-9271
Fax: +61 (0)2 9931 9199
Home contact details
E-Mail: r.marks@unsw.edu.au or bobm@agsm.edu.au or robert.marks@gmail.com




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> > ELECTED FELLOW OF THE RSA, LONDON, DECEMBER 2019.
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> > The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
> > Previous Fellows include Charles Dickens, Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, Adam
> > Smith, Nelson Mandela, David Attenborough, William Hogarth, and Tim
> > Berners-Lee.
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> > MY PAPER WINS BEST PAPER AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DECISION
> > ECONOMICS, ÁVILA, SPAIN, JUNE 2019.
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> > "Calibrating Methods for Decision Making Under Uncertainty:" see the
> > overheads I used in my presentation here and the paper itself here.
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> > MY 1978 DISSERTATION IS REPRINTED IN 2017.
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> > My 1978 Stanford dissertation, Non-Renewable Resources and Disequilibrium
> > Macrodynamics is reprinted and published on 23 October 2017 by Routledge
> > (Taylor & Francis), London and New York, as Volume 9 in the Routledge
> > Library Editions: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. There is a
> > new preface to the book by Nobel Laureate Bob Solow, of MIT, and a new
> > introduction by me, these are also available here.
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> > THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
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> > On 18 May 2016 I agreed to become the Editor of the Journal & Proceedings of
> > the Royal Society of New South Wales, one of the oldest peer-reviewed
> > publications in the Southern Hemisphere, dating from 1862. Here.
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> > I have indexed all printed contributions to the Royal Society (and its
> > predecessor, The Philosophical Society of New South Wales) since 1822: Here.
> > or Here.
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> > A TIMELINE OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
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> > As a record of what was happening when, I have put together a 74-page
> > timeline of the Global Financial Crisis (from 1720 to 2016), which has been
> > published in the Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South
> > Wales: Analysis || 43-page Timeline. An updated version is available Here.
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> > Note: Unlike my namesake, I am a firm believer in Darwinian evolution: the
> > evidence is overwhelming.
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> > RESEARCH
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> > My recent research has involved the application of economic theory to
> > several social issues which are increasingly important: the use of illicit
> > drugs, the environmental impacts of energy use, and strategic behaviour in
> > markets with small numbers of sellers, using game theory and economics to
> > model learning and adaptive behaviour in oligopolies. As well, I have
> > included a short piece on my recent research accomplishments.
> >  * A recent Curriculum Vitæ.
> >  * My Google Citations page here. (My h-index = 21, my i10-index = 30, my
> >    i150-index = 4, i.e. 4 papers with more than 150 cites each)
> >  * My successful case for promotion to full professor discusses my research
> >    philosophy and publications, as well as my teaching and service
> >    achievements as of 2001. An update of September 11, 2001.
> >  * Some recent publications , including downloads of recent papers.
> >    * I have collected my 33 papers on the applications of game theory, with
> >      links to PDFs, here.
> >    * I have collected my 28 papers on energy and environmental policy, with
> >      links to PDFs here.
> >    * I have collected my 21 papers on drug policy, with links to PDFs, here.
> >    * I have collected my 40 miscellaneous papers and reviews, with links to
> >      PDFs, here.
> >    * I have collected my 26 editorials as the General Editor of The
> >      Australian Journal of Management (1997-2010), with links here.
> >    * I have collected 9 of my consulting reports, with some links to PDFs,
> >      here. Others remain private.
> >    * I have chosen 16 major publications from the above -- here.
> >  * Some recent working papers .
> >  * Some research links .
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> > TEACHING
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> > A short statement of recent teaching acomplishments.
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> > Subject outlines are in Adobe's Portable Document Format. In order to read
> > them you will need the Acrobat Reader and also to have set up your browser
> > so that it recognises the PDF files as requiring Acrobat for viewing and
> > printing.
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> > 2011
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> >  * Mngt 0783 Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2011 (PhD Elective )
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> > 2010
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> >  * Mngt 0783 Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2010 (PhD Elective )
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> > 2009
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> >  * Mngt 0306 Strategic Game Theory for Managers, Term 3, 2009
> >  * Mngt 0783 Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2009 (PhD Elective )
> >  * Mngt 5192 Business Ethics, 2009.
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> > 2008
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> >  * Mngt 5200 Core Economics -- 4 lectures, Term 1, 2008
> >  * Foundations of Management, Term 1, 2008 -- Ethics
> >  * MNGT0306 Strategic Game Theory for Managers, Term 1, 2008
> >  * MNGT5192 Business Ethics, 2008
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> > 2007
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> >  * IP on Business Ethics, 2007
> >  * PhD Elective on Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2007
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> > 2006
> >  * Strat Man 1 -- Business Continuity Planning, 2006
> >  * PhD Elective on Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2006
> >  * IP on Business Ethics, with Damian Grace, 2006
> >  * MNGT5302 Economic Investment Appraisal, 2006
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> > 2005
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> > The Fourth Herbert Simon Lectures at the Artificial Intelligence Economics
> > Research Center, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University,
> > Taipei, and the National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan,
> > October 23-28. Here.
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> >  * IP on the Sydney Symphony, with Bob Wood and others, 2005
> >  * IP on Business Ethics, with Damian Grace, 2005
> >  * PhD Elective on Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2005
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> > 2004
> >  * Mngt 5200 Core Economics, with Chris Adam, 2004
> >  * IP on the Sydney Symphony, with Bob Wood and others, 2004
> >  * MNGT5302 Economic Investment Appraisal, 2004
> >  * Thinking Strategically, 2004
> >  * PhD Elective on Simulation in the Social Sciences, 2004
> >  * Strat Man 1 -- Rivalry, 2004
> >  * IP on Business Ethics, with Damian Grace, 2004
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> > Earlier Courses
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> >  * MFP Strategic and Economic Thinking, 2000
> >  * MNGT0260 Microeconomic Analysis, 1997, 2000
> >  * MNGT0204 Macroeconomics for Managers, 1994
> >  * MNGT0304 Management, Environment, and Resource Markets
> >  * MNGT0564 Systems, Strategy, and Sustainability, 2000
> >  * EST Lecture 5 -- Macroeconomics
> >  * Economics for Competition Lawyers, 1997
> >  * Thinking Strategically -- 2001 Brochure
> >  * Managerial Decision Making -- 2001 Brochure
> >    Managerial Decision Making, 2001
> >  * AGSM 713 Management in Society -- Overview 1982
> > 
> > The AGSM Magazine
> > The AGSM Magazine
> > was published from 2001 to 2006, until the AGSM was dissolved by the then
> > Vice Chancellor, Professor Fred Hilmer.
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> > The early issues of the
> > Magazine
> > were distributed in hard copy, as well as PDF files, but the later issues
> > were only in soft copy.
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> > Unfortunately, when the Frank Lowy Library computers were permanently turned
> > off at the end of 2007, all soft copies of the
> > AGSM Magazine
> > went off-line, and so became unobtainable.
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> > Using the Internet Archive, and with the help of friends and colleagues, I
> > have been able to retrieve all lost copies.
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> > Go to the AGSM Magazine page Here.
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> > Other Teaching Links
> >  * Some interesting teaching links
> >  * Here is a collection of some unusual thoughts on teaching.
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> > ODDS & ENDS
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> >  * Joan Robinson's 1974 Stanford lectures: over three hours of tapes.
> >  * The Economist's list of some common solecisms.
> >  * Olin Shivers' advice on writing one's dissertation.
> >  * Collected advice on research and writing.
> >  * Some sed and troff scripts I've written.
> >    Sed is the Unix streaming editor, and troff is the Unix text formatter.
> >  * Clive James remembers Peter Cook, 1995.
> >  * The late Robert Hughes accepts an honorary doctorate, 1995.
> >  * I remember Douglas Adams.
> >  * A web page devoted to my final year Civil Engineering class at Melbourne
> >    University in 1967, and its annual reunion dinner ever since.
> >    * A list of those who finished their B.Eng.(Civil) with me in 1967.
> >  * Recordings of singing at Scotch College, Melbourne, 1957-1964.
> >  * Recordings of 24 lectures on W. B. Yeats given by Donald Davie at
> >    Stanford in early 1975.
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> > PERSONAL
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> > My loving wife, Hazel Church, died on September 14, 1998, after a prolonged
> > battle with advanced breast cancer. Here are some commemorative pages in
> > Hazel's memory.
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> > After a long bout with Alzheimer's, my mother, Joan Sarah Deakin Marks, died
> > peacefully at 8:20 pm on Sunday, 2nd of March 2003, with her family at her
> > side. The funeral was held four days later. see the web page here.
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> > In 2006 Robert's sixtieth party at the Mountain House here. His sixtieth
> > party at Sorrento here.
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> > In 1958, Robert wrote a school project on the Middle East, here.
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> > In 1967, Robert was the Chairman of the Ormond College Students' Club Play
> > Subcommitte. Together with University Women's College, they performed Oscar
> > Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan," in July. Here.
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> > On 10 March 1969, Dave Weigall recorded the Sometime Singers at his house in
> > Malvern, Melboure, Here.
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> > Ernest Marks
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> >  * In 1962 Robert catalogued the library of his grandfather, Ernest N.
> >    Marks. See here for the digitised catalogue of 465 books.
> >  * Read a 1940 review by ENM of The Jewish Contribution to Civilization by
> >    Cecil Roth, 1940, here.
> >  * In 1954 ENM retired after over forty years as General Manager of Julius
> >    Kayser (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Listen to a rare, early recording of
> >    speeches at his farewell dinner, including an account by him (Part 2,
> >    from 6:30 mins) of the evolution of lingerie over forty years in
> >    Australia, from 1912 to 1953: (These were issued on very early 10-inch
> >    LPs.)
> >    Part 1 Listen || Part 2 Listen || Part 3 Listen || Part 4 Listen
> >    
> >  * A short history of Marks & Saulwick and Kayser in Australia, written by
> >    ENM in 1956 Here.
> >    
> >  * Five tapes that ENM made in 1970/71 at my request to remember his life
> >    and that of his father and grandfather (arrived in Melbourne from
> >    Liverpool in 1851):
> >    January 1970:
> >    Part 1 Listen || Part 2 Listen
> >    April 1970:
> >    Part 3 Listen || Part 4 Listen
> >    April 1971 (his last tape to me; he died a month later, aged 82):
> >    Part 5 Listen
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> > The history of the Marks family
> > 
> >  * An obituary of my grandfather's grandfather, Mark Marks (1815-1888),
> >    here.
> >  * A longer piece about Mark Marks, his family, and the bushrangers, here.
> >  * Mark's sister, Esther (1820-1890), her family and the flight to America,
> >    here.
> >  * John Monash, his wife, and lover, here.
> >  * A Jew helps a German Gentile come to Australia before the war, here.
> >  * A six-minute video of my speech at the Marks family reunion at St
> >    Leonards School, Melbourne, in October 1988. here. Transcript of the
> >    speech here.
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> > Robert Marks, bobm@agsm.edu.au
> > Last amended on 16 September, 2010.